Cars have become rolling listening posts. They can track phone calls and texts, log queries to websites, record what radio stations you listen to—even tell you...The New York Times From ACM News | July 31, 2017
In 2015, Monocle magazine, a favorite read of the global hipsterati, published an enthusiastic report on Lawrenceville, the former blue-collar neighborhood here...The New York Times From ACM Careers | July 24, 2017
Automakers are working to develop systems that would enable self-driving cars to avoid hitting large animals such as deer.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2017
In a bygone analog era, lawmakers and corporate chiefs traveled great distances to swap secrets, to the smoke-filled back rooms of the World Economic Forum in Davos...The New York Times From ACM News | July 7, 2017
The rise of robots has long been a topic for sci-fi best sellers and video games and, as of this week, a threat officially taken seriously by central bankers.
The New York Times From ACM News | July 6, 2017
Many automotive technologists are skeptical that autonomous cars will be able to trust humans in emergency situations.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | June 9, 2017
In April, a photograph of Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o taken at a Miu Miu fashion show three years ago began recirculating online.
The New York Times Magazine From ACM News | June 6, 2017
Jean E. Sammet, an early software engineer and a designer of COBOL, a programming language that brought computing into the business mainstream, died on May 20 in...The New York Times From ACM News | June 5, 2017
Sören Schwertfeger finished his postdoctorate research on autonomous robots in Germany, and seemed set to go to Europe or the United States, where artificial intelligence...The New York Times From ACM Careers | May 31, 2017
Giant tech companies are fighting over the technology in court. Start-ups around the world are racing to develop new versions of it. And engineers say it is essential...The New York Times From ACM News | May 26, 2017
Google DeepMind's AlphaGo program beat a Chinese world champion in the first of three Go games held this week.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2017
China is home to the world's largest group of internet users, a thriving online technology scene and rampant software piracy that encapsulates its determination...The New York Times From ACM News | May 16, 2017
We don't know how quickly machines will displace people's jobs, or how many they'll take, but we know it's happening—not just to factory workers but also to ...The New York Times From ACM Careers | May 4, 2017
Scientists are attempting to counter a rash of fake news spreading online as European elections loom.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | May 3, 2017
What if part of your job became teaching a computer everything you know about doing someone's job—perhaps your own?
The New York Times From ACM Careers | May 1, 2017
In early January, I went to see Mark Zuckerberg at MPK20, a concrete-and-steel building on the campus of Facebook's headquarters, which sits across a desolate highway...The New York Times Magazine From ACM News | April 25, 2017
Huskey was a pioneering computer scientist who worked on early computing systems, and later helped universities around the world establish computer centers and...The New York Times From ACM News | April 21, 2017